Brewster began being widely recognized. After guest roles in several television shows such as Dark Blue and Gigantic, she appeared in the fifth film in the franchise, 2011′s Fast Five, which gained critical praise, becoming the highest rated entry for Brewster. Brewster was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Maria João (née Leal de Sousa), a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model from Brazil, and Alden Brewster, an American investment banker. The film received several favorable reviews and was a major success at the box office, grossing over $40 million domestically. in 2001, she starred with Cameron Diaz and Christopher Eccleston in The Invisible Circus, a drama feature based on Jennifer Egan’s best-selling novel. Phoebe’s mixture of self-confidence, bewilderment, and vulnerability is entirely credible.” Brewster had her breakthrough role when she starred opposite Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the car-themed action film The Fast and the Furious, which was a box office hit (with an over $207 million worldwide gross) and received critical acclaim. Todd McCarthy of Variety.com stated that Brewster “is looking good and doing a better job here than she did as a searching teen in the recent The Invisible Circus.” in 2004, she played one of the main characters in the action comedy D.E.B.S., as Lucy Diamond, a lesbian criminal mastermind who is the love interest of Sara Foster’s character.
